Bottle brush with pivoted handle



Feb. 5, 1952 J. P. SCHLEENBAKER 2,584,593

BOTTLE BRUSH WITH PIVOTED HANDLE Filed Dec. 16, 1950 FIG.I

INVENTOR JACK P. SCHLEENBAKER ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 5, 1952 BOTTLEBRUSH WITH PIVOTED HANDLE Jack P. Schleenbaker, Lancaster, Pa., assignorto National Novelty Company, Lancaster, Pa.,

a partnership Application December 16, 1950, Serial No. 201,159

This invention relates to a brush for cleaning bottles and flasks andmore particularly of that type in which the handle is pivoted to allowthe brush to move about the handle through a 90 arc.

The object of the invention is to provide a brush for cleaning narrowneck flasks, bottles and the like which presents no metallic parts forcontact with the inside of the bottle.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a simplifiedbrush in which the handle is attached to the body or the brush by a wireloop serving as a pivot and the loop is retained by the wire body of themain part of the brush.

It is a still further object of the present invention to provide a brushwhich when completely assembled presents bristles in all directions toavoid the possibility of contact of the metal with the inside of thevessel being cleaned.

The invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of the brush.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the bristle end of the brush withportions removed.

Figure 3 is an end view of the brush with the end bristles removed.

Figure 4 shows the brush parallel to the handle for insertion and sidecleaning.

Figure 5 is a partial view showing the finger gripping portion of thehandle.

A body portion 6, originally a cylindrical tube is cut away at 1, formedwith a central hole 8 and an end notch 9. In the first operation offorming the brush, the bristles H] are folded about a U-shaped clip Hand inserted in the tube 6 which is flattened at l2 to retain thebristles ID in position, the U-shaped clip H bearing against the innerside of the body portion 6 firmly holding the bristle portions ill inplace.

The handle l3 which is formed with a bend M, a finger gripping portionI5 and a flattened end portion I6 is secured to the body portion 6 bythe U-shaped pivot wire clip I! which passes through the holes 8 in thebody portion 6 and a hole 3 formed in the flattened portion l B of thehandle l3. This U-shaped clip extends above the body portion 6 adistance equal to the thickness of the twisted wire [9 of the brushportion 20, the wire portion l9 engaging the clip I! prevents turning ofthe clip I 1 and makes it unnecessary to secure the ends of the clip llwhile at the same time permitting a certain looseness between the handlel3 and the body portion 6 so as to give the brush more flexibility.

After the handle portion is assembled to the body portion, the brush 20is afflxed to the body 4 Claims. (Cl. 15-164) portion by inserting theend 21 between the bristles Ill into the notch l 2' and bending the wireportion is back along the upper surface of the body portion 6 so thatthe twisted wire I9 snugly fits between the upstanding prongs of thewire clip [1. The end 22 of the wire I9 is then bent into the notch 51and turned back into the body portion 6, this final crimping of the wireis at 22 firmly holding all the parts together. Referring particularlyto Figure 3, it will be seen that the bristles extend about 270 aroundthe brush, leaving a space of approximately at the handle side. Thepressure exerted by the person washing the bottles must be exertedthrough the handle and in a direction opposite to the bare space so thatit is impossible to press any metal parts against the inside surface ofthe bottle during the washing operation.

In use the handle is pivoted about the pivot H, the bend l4 allowing thehandle to partially fit into the cut away portion I of the body 6 andpermitting the handle to assume substantially a straight line with thebody portion 6 from any entrance into narrow neck bottles, such as babydrinking bottles and narrow neck flasks.

Once within the flask the brush, by reason of the looseness of thepivot, practically swivels about the wire I! permitting the bristles l0and 20 to reach all portions of the flask without possibility of any ofthe metal scratching any of the inside of the flask.

What is claimed is:

1. A bottle brush comprising a substantially tubular body portion, thelower half of one half of the tubular body portion being removed forminga substantially semicylindrical section of one half of the body portion,a wire handle formed with a transverse hole adjacent one end, a U-shaped wire passing through the inner end of the semicylindrical portionof the body, through said handle hole and forming a pivot for saidhandle, the ends of said U-shaped wire extending above the upper surfaceof the body portion, a tuft of bristles folded about a U-shapedretaining wire and inserted in the tubular portion of said body, saidtubular portion being flattened at a point beyond the U-shaped retainingwire to prevent withdrawal of the tuft of bristles, and

a twisted wire brush portion secured to and carried along the uppersurface of the body portion, the ends of said twisted wire bristleportion being inturned within said body portion.

2. A bottle brush comprising a substantially tubular body portion cutaway through one halt of the under-surface for the reception of a wirehandle, a U-shaped wire passing through the central portion of said bodyportion and pivotally supporting said handle, the ends of said wireprojecting substantially above said body portion, a tuft of bristlesfolded about a U-shaped retaining wire and inserted in one end of thetubular body portion, said tubular body portion being flattened at apoint beyond the U-shaped retaining wire to prevent withdrawal of thetuft of bristles, and a twisted wire brush portion extending along thetop of said tubular body portion, the twisted wire engaging theprojecting ends of the handle pivot wire to prevent possibility ofturning of said wire.

3. A bottle brush comprising a substantially tubular body portion havingthe lower section of one half cut away, a handle pivoted to said bodyportion and receivable within the cut away section of said body portion,a tuft of bristles, a I

U-shaped retaining wire folded about the central portion of said tuft ofbristles, said bristles being housed within the tubular body portionopposite to the cut away section, said tubular body portion beingflattened at a point beyond the U-shaped retaining wire to preventwithdrawal of the tuft of bristles, a twisted wire brush carried alongthe upper side of said tubular body portion and having the projectedends of the wire inturned into the tubular body portion to preventcontact of any of the wire metal with the inside of the bottle to bewashed, said wire engaging the upturned ends of said U-shaped retainingwire to prevent withdrawal.

4. A bottle brush comprising a substantially tubular body portion havingthe lower section 01' one hall of said body portion cut away and formedwith notches at each end, a wire handle receivable in said cut awaysection and formed with a transverse hole at one end, a U-shaped wireextending through the sides of said body portion and passing through thehole in the end of said handle-to provide a pivot pin for said handle,the ends of said U-shaped wire extending above the tubular body portion,a tuft of bristles carried in one end of said body portion and a twistedwire brush carried along the upper surface of said tubular body portion,the wire ends of said brush being receivable in the notched portions ofsaid body portion and being inturned within said body portion to preventcontact of said ends with the bottle to be washed, the center of saidwire brush engaging the extended ends of said pivot pin to secure saidpin against withdrawal.

JACK P. SCHLEENBAKER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 676,345 Leimer June 18, 19011,652,213 Pulver Dec. 13, 1927 1,857,584 Bolagek May 10, 1932

